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Ten Years Later: Where Do We Stand?
As our nation looked back ten years in remembrance of the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, many commentators reflected on two questions: have our efforts made us safer, and how much work is left to be done? Read more »
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Posted by Megan Murphy on September 12, 2011
Al-Qaeda, Alexandra Toma, Chuck Hagel, Government, Nuclear Weapons, Osama bin Laden, September 11th, U.S. Department of Energy, war, Nuclear Terrorism
Preventing a Nuclear 9/11 in Three Easy Steps
Guest blog by Alexandra Toma This September 11, we will mourn those we lost. We will commemorate those who, like my high school classmate Andrew “Sterg” Stergiopoulos, sacrificed their lives to save others. And we will need to get serious about one of today’s top security threats: nuclear terrorism. Read more »
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Posted by admin on September 7, 2011
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Aspen Security Forum
As President Obama has said, the prospect of nuclear terrorism is “the single biggest threat to U.S. security, both short-term, medium-term and long-term.” How great is the threat of nuclear weapons’ falling into terrorists’ hands and what more can be done to prevent it? Read more »
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Posted by Ploughshares Fund on August 9, 2011
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Aspen Security Forum
As President Obama has said, the prospect of nuclear terrorism is “the single biggest threat to U.S. security, both short-term, medium-term and long-term.” How great is the threat of nuclear weapons’ falling into terrorists’ hands and what more can be done to prevent it? On July 29, Joe will participate in the Nuclear Security Panel as part of the 2011 Aspen Security Forum. This panel will be moderated by Susan Glasser of Foreign Policy. Read more »
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Posted on July 18, 2011
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Smart Money to Stop Nuclear Terrorism
Congress just took a small but important bipartisan step to make America safer. Read more »
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Posted by Joe Cirincione on July 14, 2011
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Time For a New Conversation With Pakistan
Pakistan often makes rhetorical statements that are contradictory to its actions – which is not the way to make long-term, sustainable progress on the security issues of most concern to Pakistan, its neighbors and its partners. The problem is that the rest of us are not doing enough to put an end to that duplicity. It’s time to change course. Read more »
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Posted by Rizwan Ladha on July 12, 2011
South Asia, Conflict Prevention, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Foreign Policy, Nuclear Terrorism, Conflict & Regional Security, United States
An Insecure and Reluctant Partner
The Obama administration is preparing to implement the first phase of its military drawdown in Afghanistan at a time when nuclear security inside Pakistan is at its most tenuous. That already delicate situation has only become more fragile in the weeks following the killing of Osama bin Laden in May of this year. Read more »
Posted by Rizwan Ladha on June 24, 2011
South Asia, India,Pakistan & Afghanistan, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Foreign Policy, Nuclear Terrorism, Conflict & Regional Security, United States
The X-Men Didn't Save Us
It wasn't the mutants. It was humans that caused the Cuban Missile Crisis. Only luck saved us from nuclear war. But other than that, the new film, X-Men: First Class, gets a lot right about the historic crisis that is central to its plot. Read more »
Posted by Joe Cirincione on June 16, 2011
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'Countdown to Zero' on The History Channel
The History Channel will be showing Countdown to Zero, a riveting documentary about the global threat of nuclear weapons and the imperative of seeking a world without them. Read more »
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Posted by Reid Pauly on April 13, 2011
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Remembering the Prague Speech
On April 5th, 2009, two years ago today, young President Barack Obama rose to the podium in Hradčany Square at the heart of historic Prague, Czech Republic. In one of his most eloquent and significant foreign policy speeches, Obama took up the mantle of American leadership and reoriented U.S. policy towards the goal of a nuclear weapon-free world. Read more »
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Posted by Reid Pauly on April 5, 2011
Cooperative Threat Reduction, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Foreign Policy, Nuclear Terrorism, Proliferation, U.S. Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Materials, United States